SAWA all the women today and tomorrow - Jerusalem
SAWA ALL THE WOMEN TOGETHER TODAY AND TOMORROW - JERUSALEM
The project
Name: Yes children do have rights !
To raise children awareness regarding their rights
Main objectives: Non formal educational activities against violence
Briefly, having the accumulated experience in working with child’s rights and protection issues and aiming at raising the awareness of 100 children, students of the sixth grade in three schools, Sawa intends to train 10-12 volunteers to become trainers and implement a ten-days non-formal educational activities in each of the three schools, using two training tools kits and a brochure prepared by Sawa’s professional staff; all in all to raise the children’s awareness regarding their rights, lessening the victims of violence, school violence and domestic violence, or sexual abuse amongst children, in order to enforce the child’s rights and participation in views and development. And raising the awareness of the students’ parents, brothers, sisters, teachers and the community in the wider context. As a contribution to the development of the children under the occupation, the continuous worsening social, economical, political and communal circumstances and the continuous need of child assistance and protection, so Sawa is intending to expand its outreach to these children as an attempt to assist them and become the professional referral for them in case of exposure to any kind of violence or abuse.
Target groups:
Students of the sixth grade in three schools one in Ramallah and two in Jerusalem the approximate of100 Female and Male children aged 11- 12 years old are the main target group of this project. Additionally to 10-12 volunteers who will be the trainers of the children in schools. Above all, wider Palestinian society is a beneficiary, in as much that the project will have a direct influence on social interactions, awareness and attitudes regarding child’s rights, abuse and violence against children.
The organization
Main
objectives:
SAWA was created in order to raise awareness about all forms of sexual and physical violence within Palestinian society, and work towards limiting its prevalence among youth, women and men, and alleviate the misery of sexually and physically abused women, providing them support and empowering them to reintegrate into the society as useful individuals. Today, SAWA functions as a sexual violence hotline, staffed by dedicated volunteers, offering crisis intervention and counseling sessions for callers and accompanying them to the hospital, police, and courts using a “woman-to-woman” approach. SAWA’s Education Outreach Department develops and implements outreach programs on Violence Against Women and Sex Education throughout the Palestinian community; advocating mutual honesty and respect between the sexes, highlighting prevention techniques, and informing participants about the assistance available through the Sawa hotline. SAWA’s Support Services and Educational Programs are structured according to the characteristics and needs of the Palestinian communities in and around Jerusalem, with special attention paid to discretion and cultural norms. We have concluded that Palestinian Children from all backgrounds , from villages, urban areas, and refugee camps across the whole of Palestine need to be heard, and desperately require an outlet for support.
Target groups of the organization
During 2007 the number of beneficiaries was as follows:
1938 Schoolchildren, 517 Youth, 80 Parents of Schoolchildren, 469 Palestinian Women from across the West Bank, Jerusalem and its surrounding areas, 40 university students, For the child help line – in 2007 we received 4306 calls. For the women help line – in 2007 we received 1340 calls, these are two hotlines is Sawa that tackles Women and Children directly and physically harmed by the violence of the armed conflict and Female children, whom are particularly at risk as a result of the discriminatory norms, which permeate Palestinian society and 241 professionals: policemen and officers, social workers, counsellors, prosecutors and teachers. Aside with 40 volunteers.
Contact Information
Contact person: Ohaila SHOMAR – General Director
Phone number: 00 972 2 532 41 22
E-mail: ohaila@sawa.ps